Maija Birenbaum Associate Professor

Dr. Birenbaum is Assistant Professor of English, specializing in medieval literature. Her current book project, “The Avenging Savior: Anti-Jewish Violence and Christian Piety, c. 1280-1430,” explores narratives of divine vengeance against Jews in the Christian devotional literature of medieval England. She has contributed work to TheChaucer Review and Philological Quarterly as well as to a book collection, The French of England: Vernacular Literary Theory and Practice 1130-1450. Her teaching interests include medieval drama, crusade narratives, monstrosity, and literature of the apocalypse.